THE DONE UNDONE
by Dr. Woodrow Kroll & Tonny Beckett
Psalms 148-150, 1 Corinthians
15:29-58 Key Verses: 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
You can't unscramble an egg. That
simple statement reminds us that some things, once done, can't be undone. One
noticeable exception is death. In the Resurrection, all that death has done was
undone by Jesus.
Death's sting is sin. As the
sting of a bee injects its poison into our system, so sin injects death into
mankind. We die and our bodies decay. The power of sin is the Law because it
shows us our sin and condemns us. We are guilty and sentenced to death.
Yet there is complete victory
over death and sin through Christ. It is not that death is destroyed so that it
cannot continue to harm God's people. But its effects are reversed so that
death is defeated—and we will live forever, victorious.
The hope of the Christian is
expressed by the epitaph Benjamin Franklin wrote for himself: "The body of
Franklin, printer, like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out and
stripped of its lettering and gilding, lies here food for worms. But the work
will not be lost, for it will appear once more in a new and more elegant
edition, revised and corrected by the Author."
The defeat of death, the hope of
the Christian, is the resurrection of Jesus
Our hope is in Jesus, not just as a man of history, but as the
resurrected Lord. Thank Him now for this truth, by which you are saved, by
which you know that death is defeated Praise God!
An adaptation from the book "Faith Walk" Written by Dr. Woodrow Kroll & Tonny Beckett
Source:
Back to the Bible Publishing, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Confident Living Magazine, Secunderabad, India.
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